The Ultimate Guide to the Circle of Fifths
Follow along with our all-in-one guide to learn how this master tool can help you play music, understand theory, and even write a masterpiece.
The key of a piece of music determines the set of notes it uses and you can learn to recognise the two types of key, major and minor, by ear. Key is closely related to musical scale and identifying the key can help you play by ear and transcribe more efficiently.
Follow along with our all-in-one guide to learn how this master tool can help you play music, understand theory, and even write a masterpiece.
Did you know: a huge number of popular songs use just four chords. Find out which four and why in this article, and learn how to write your own 4-chord songs.
What makes a minor key? Learn all about how minor scales and chords are built, and how they differ from their major counterparts.
Explore common chord progressions, what makes them so powerful, and how they’re used in popular music to make a song stick.
What better time than Halloween to explore music’s darker side? Dive into the world of minor and learn how to create your own creepy tune.
Katie Wardrobe from Midnight Music discusses how to hear key changes in music, and the things that sometimes trip musicians up in hearing this modulation.
How can we use neuroscience as a tool for memorizing and mastering music? Learn about the magic number and its applications in efficient learning.
Is the Truck Driver’s Gear Shift – a dramatic key change upwards near the end of a song – a cheap trick or a songwriter’s best friend? The answer is…
Sometimes, all it takes to make a tune spooky is some major-to-minor transposition. Resident pro Sara Campbell shows you how, just in time for Halloween!
Songs are in a major or minor key and it’s important for a musician to be able to quickly and easily tell which one it is. Here are some tricks you can use.
Prolific songwriter Joanne Cooper shows you how to make a backing track, and the myriad of ways you can use it for practice, improvisation, and more.
Although it looks strange, the Circle of Fifths it is actually very relevant to your musical life. The trick is to learn the useful patterns hidden inside.